Patents by Inventor Cleber Knies

Cleber Knies has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Suction arrangement for a refrigeration compressor
    Patent number: 8992186
    Abstract: A refrigeration compressor is provided and may include a shell carrying a suction-inlet tube having an outlet nozzle opened to the interior of the shell and a cylinder block to which is mounted a suction muffler that incorporates an admission tube provided with an inlet nozzle. The inlet nozzle of the admission tube may be disposed adjacent to the outlet nozzle of the suction-inlet tube. The inlet nozzle may admit under at least one of the conditions of underpressure in its interior or deflection of the refrigerant-fluid flow in the interior of the shell the gaseous phase and may direct the liquid phase to a region of the shell external to the inlet nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., Whirlpool S.A.
    Inventors: Marcio Silveira, Moacir Pirovano, Cleber Knies, Ernest Bergman
  • SUCTION ARRANGEMENT FOR A REFRIGERATION COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20130330177
    Abstract: A refrigeration compressor is provided and may include a shell carrying a suction-inlet tube having an outlet nozzle opened to the interior of the shell and a cylinder block to which is mounted a suction muffler that incorporates an admission tube provided with an inlet nozzle. The inlet nozzle of the admission tube may be disposed adjacent to the outlet nozzle of the suction-inlet tube. The inlet nozzle may admit—under at least one of the conditions of underpressure in its interior or deflection of the refrigerant-fluid flow in the interior of the shell the gaseous phase and may direct the liquid phase to a region of the shell external to the inlet nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: WHIRLPOOL S.A., EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Marcio Silveira, Moacir Pirovano, Cleber Knies, Ernest Roger Bergman